pencil case

Miss almost 2 has a love for drawing and in an effort to keep her 'travelling' art stuff tidy, today, I made her a simple pencil case out of a remnant.

Pencil case

You need:

* Fabric (20cm x 56cm)use medium weight drill, denim, upholstery fabric
* 25 cm zip (matching or contrasting)
* thread (matching or contrasting)
* scissors, pins, tape measure
* sewing machine

Instructions:

1) Cut your fabric into 2 pieces measuring 19cm x 28cm. This will produce a large, deep pencil case. If you want a smaller pencil case, then just reduce the side measurement.

2) Take both pieces of fabric and fold a 1.5cm edge and press. Then pin zip to the top edge of 1 piece of fabric. Stitch in place using the zipper foot on your sewing machine. Then do the same to the 2nd piece of fabric. Make sure that your zip lines up. Press flat.

3) Pin right sides together. Seam allowance of 1.5cm. Open your zip and then stitch right around both sides and the bottom edge. Zig zag edges to prevent fraying.

4) Open your zip and then turn pencil case right side out and press.

5) Decorate the outside of your pencil case if you wish.